Days of the Omer 1079 / סְפִירַת הָעוֹמֶר 4839

7 weeks from the second night of Pesach to the day before Shavuot ㊾

Days of the Omer for Hebrew Year 4839 began on and ended on .

Counting of the Omer (or Sefirat Ha’omer, Hebrew: ספירת העומר) is a verbal counting of each of the forty-nine days between the Jewish holidays of Passover and Shavuot. This mitzvah derives from the Torah commandment to count forty-nine days beginning from the day on which the Omer, a sacrifice containing an omer-measure of barley, was offered in the Temple in Jerusalem, up until the day before an offering of wheat was brought to the Temple on Shavuot. The Counting of the Omer begins on the second day of Passover (the 16th of Nisan) for Rabbinic Jews, and after the weekly Shabbat during Passover for Karaite Jews, and ends the day before the holiday of Shavuot, the ‘fiftieth day.’.

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Dates for Days of the Omer

HolidayStartsEndsHebrew Dates
Days of the Omer 1076 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4836
Days of the Omer 1077 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4837
Days of the Omer 1078 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4838
Days of the Omer 1079 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4839
Days of the Omer 1080 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4840
Days of the Omer 1081 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4841
Days of the Omer 1082 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4842
Days of the Omer 1083 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4843
Days of the Omer 1084 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4844
Days of the Omer 1085 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4845
Days of the Omer 1086 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4846

References

The Jewish Holidays: A Guide & Commentary (paid link)
Rabbi Michael Strassfeld
“Counting of the Omer” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
Wikimedia Foundation Inc.
Books (paid links)
Counting the Omer: A Kabbalistic Meditation Guide

Counting the Omer
by Min Kantrowitz

Sefer Yetzirah: The Book of Creation

Sefer Yetzirah
by Aryeh Kaplan

Toward Sinai: Omer poems

Toward Sinai
by Rachel Barenblat

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